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Mags Gaulden

African Diaspora Bonus webinars DNA Testing Genetic Genealogy Ireland Historical Records Adoption Records Methodology and Skills One-Name Studies O Canada Places and Ethnicities Canada Technology WikiTree TechZone

Mags is a Professional Genealogist specializing in Genetic Genealogy as founder of Grandma’s Genes in Ottawa. Growing up in a family full of family historians, Mags was primed to become a Genealogist. After earning her Bachelors Degree from Columbia College, she began to work her own Genealogy as a "hobby". This 30-year "hobby" eventually led her to a Leader role with WikiTree, where she currently leads: The DNA Innovators Project, The United Empire Loyalist Project and the British Home Children Project. She also leads the Templeton and McElmoyle Name Studies and the McElmoyle DNA Project. Work with WikiTree led to Mags starting Grandma’s Genes in 2016. Mags is an international Genetic Genealogy Lecturer, Blogger and a Social Media Maven.  She serves as Admin for Facebook groups including the ISOGG Facebook Group. She is a former member of the Canadian Casualty Identification Team.

Mags's Upcoming Live Webinars (1)

DNA Testing
Discovering More From Your Next Generation Sequence (NGS | Big Y) Test
Mags Gaulden
Wed, June 7 2023: 18:00 UTC
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Discovering More From Your Next Generation Sequence (NGS | Big Y) Test
Wed, June 7 2023: 18:00 UTC
For years researchers have been identifying family history using YDNA, especially those interested in where their specific line may originate. Upgrading to a next Generation Sequence test (NGS) can help bring information that could be 200k years old into a more workable timeframe is what these tests are all about (and then some). We will take a look at the NGS test at the tools for discovery available today and apply them in a case study.
DNA Testing
Discovering More From Your Next Generation Sequence (NGS | Big Y) Test
Mags Gaulden
For years researchers have been identifying family history using YDNA, especially those interested in where their specific line may originate. Upgrading to a next Generation Sequence test (NGS) can help bring information that could be 200k years old into a more workable timeframe is what these tests are all about (and then some). We will take a look at the NGS test at the tools for discovery available today and apply them in a case study.
Wed, June 7 2023: 18:00 UTC
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Mags's Webinars (7)

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1:29:24
DNA TestingTechnology
Using WikiTree’s DNA Features in Your Family History Research
Mags Gaulden
1.2K views
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Using WikiTree’s DNA Features in Your Family History Research
WikiTree is one of the Global family Trees available online that works collaboratively to have an accurate, single family tree. You may have heard of WikiTree, but did you also know that WikiTree does DNA as well? WikiTree has very robust DNA features which can identify testers who may match you in the DNA connections section of an ancestor's profile. We will work the features and show you how to further your family history research using WikiTree and its DNA features.
DNA TestingTechnology
Using WikiTree’s DNA Features in Your Family History Research
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Mags Gaulden
1.2K views
WikiTree is one of the Global family Trees available online that works collaboratively to have an accurate, single family tree. You may have heard of WikiTree, but did you also know that WikiTree does DNA as well? WikiTree has very robust DNA features which can identify testers who may match you in the DNA connections section of an ancestor's profile. We will work the features and show you how to further your family history research using WikiTree and its DNA features.
Wed, March 2 2022: 19:00 UTC
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1:29:34
DNA Testing
Solving Family Mysteries with mtDNA Projects
Mags Gaulden
5.1K views
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Solving Family Mysteries with mtDNA Projects
Working your mother's mother's mother's line. We will work a case study of how adoption was disproven in this family from the dark recesses of Appalachia. We will follow the maternal line of a family from the mountains of South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee, to solve this family…
DNA Testing
Solving Family Mysteries with mtDNA Projects
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Mags Gaulden
5.1K views
Working your mother's mother's mother's line. We will work a case study of how adoption was disproven in this family from the dark recesses of Appalachia. We will follow the maternal line of a family from the mountains of South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee, to solve this family…
Wed, June 2 2021: 18:00 UTC
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50:42
African DiasporaPlaces and EthnicitiesDNA TestingO Canada
An African Canadian Family History Mystery
Mags Gaulden
1.6K views
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An African Canadian Family History Mystery
A question about a family lore leads a scientist to question his surname. “Is my surname really my surname or is the lore correct, that my 2nd great grandfather was adopted?” Solving a 220 year old mystery using DNA, turns this family upside down and introduces them to each other…
African DiasporaPlaces and EthnicitiesDNA TestingO Canada
An African Canadian Family History Mystery
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Mags Gaulden
1.6K views
A question about a family lore leads a scientist to question his surname. “Is my surname really my surname or is the lore correct, that my 2nd great grandfather was adopted?” Solving a 220 year old mystery using DNA, turns this family upside down and introduces them to each other…
Fri, April 16 2021: 18:00 UTC
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1:28:11
DNA TestingMethodology and Skills
Surname Projects and DNA Projects
Mags Gaulden
5.9K views
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Surname Projects and DNA Projects
Why create a surname project or name study? Whether it’s to help you solve a family mystery or just to answer the questions of how, we will look at how surname projects and DNA projects can be worked to answer most of your genealogy questions. From discovering NPE’s (non-parental events)…
DNA TestingMethodology and Skills
Surname Projects and DNA Projects
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Mags Gaulden
5.9K views
Why create a surname project or name study? Whether it’s to help you solve a family mystery or just to answer the questions of how, we will look at how surname projects and DNA projects can be worked to answer most of your genealogy questions. From discovering NPE’s (non-parental events)…
Wed, November 18 2020: 0:00 UTC
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1:06:43
Historical RecordsDNA Testing
Betty Jeans Story – Forensic Genealogy, DNA and Adoption
Mags Gaulden
9.7K views
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Betty Jeans Story – Forensic Genealogy, DNA and Adoption
Betty Jean was abandoned in Asheville, NC in 1927. All her life Betty Jean wanted to know who her parents were, but her search ended abruptly in the 1950s when she was shown her very empty files by a clerk at the courthouse. Until her cousin contacts her asking about…
Historical RecordsDNA Testing
Betty Jeans Story – Forensic Genealogy, DNA and Adoption
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Mags Gaulden
9.7K views
Betty Jean was abandoned in Asheville, NC in 1927. All her life Betty Jean wanted to know who her parents were, but her search ended abruptly in the 1950s when she was shown her very empty files by a clerk at the courthouse. Until her cousin contacts her asking about…
Wed, April 1 2020: 0:00 UTC
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5:12
Bonus webinarsDNA TestingTechZone
Why are My Siblings Ethnicity Results Different?
Mags Gaulden
1.4K views
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Why are My Siblings Ethnicity Results Different?
Learn about inheritance of DNA to explain why your dna results are different from your siblings.
Bonus webinarsDNA TestingTechZone
Why are My Siblings Ethnicity Results Different?
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Mags Gaulden
1.4K views
Learn about inheritance of DNA to explain why your dna results are different from your siblings.
Fri, March 20 2020: 0:00 UTC
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50:22
Bonus webinarsPlaces and EthnicitiesDNA Testing
Canadian Casualty Identification Program – using Databases to connect Families to Their Lost Soldiers
Mags Gaulden
134 views
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Canadian Casualty Identification Program – using Databases to connect Families to Their Lost Soldiers
We will take a look at the work being done by the Canadian Casualty Identification Program as well as the use of DNA databases to help in the process.
Bonus webinarsPlaces and EthnicitiesDNA Testing
Canadian Casualty Identification Program – using Databases to connect Families to Their Lost Soldiers
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Mags Gaulden
134 views
We will take a look at the work being done by the Canadian Casualty Identification Program as well as the use of DNA databases to help in the process.
Fri, October 18 2019: 0:00 UTC
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